LOT 3487
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 4 (AD 119/20).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙANOC ΑΔΡΙΑNOC ϹЄΒ, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Agathodaemon serpent, crowned with pschent, erect to right, coiled around caduceus; L Δ (date) to upper left field. For a similar specimen cf. RPC III, 5194; otherwise unpublished. Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished with this obverse legend.(13.49gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Judaea. Procurators, Valerius Gratus AE Prutah. Dated RY 4 of Tiberius (17/8 CE). Jerusalem mint. In the names of Tiberius and Julia Augusta (Livia).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Palm frond; IOY-ΛIA and L Δ (date) across field / TIB KAICAP in three lines within wreath. RPC I, 4964; Meshorer 327; Hendin 6367. 1.66gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Philip I BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 5 (AD 247/8).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A K M ΙΟV ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC ЄV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Eagle standing to left, head to right, wings gathered, holding wreath in beak; L Є (date) across field. RPC VIII Online 2975; Köln 2733-5 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 10388-9; K&G 74.74; Emmett 3480.5. 11.12gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nero, with Agrippa II AE 17mm of Caesarea Paneas (as Neronias), Judaea. Struck under Agrippa II, AD 61-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[NEPΩN KAIΣAP ΣEBAΣTOΣ], laureate head to right; [lituus before] / ΕΠI BACIΛE AΓPIΠΠ NEPΩNIE in five lines within circular linear border within laurel wreath. RPC I, 4988; Hendin 6303. 6.04gr, 17mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
